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Buffista Movies 7: Brides for 7 Samurai

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Frankenbuddha - Apr 17, 2009 8:24:35 pm PDT #837 of 30000

"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

Seriously. Helen Mirren's talent and career crush Bill Nighy like a grape.

I've loved her ever since my brother took me to see O Lucky Man! when I was in high school (at a repertory theater, not when it was released). Talk about your formative experiences (I didn't end up seeing Clockwork Orange until I was in college, so that was also my formative Malcolm McDowell experience).

Dana - Apr 17, 2009 8:25:10 pm PDT #838 of 30000

"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."

Bill Nighy is wonderful in the original State of Play. I imagine Helen Mirren will also be wonderful.

DavidS - Apr 17, 2009 8:26:40 pm PDT #839 of 30000

"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Bill Nighy is wonderful in the original State of Play. I imagine Helen Mirren will also be wonderful.

But you concede that Helen is more wonderful, right?

Because...you know. She's Helen Mirren.

Dana - Apr 17, 2009 8:34:23 pm PDT #840 of 30000

"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."

As a whole, I agree that Helen Mirren is more wonderful than Bill Nighy. For the movie, I'm not going to take that leap without seeing it. Which I probably won't, because the original rocked and had John Simm and Kelly McDonald and James MacAvoy and David Morrissey and Phillip Glennister and that guy from Hustle.

Atropa - Apr 17, 2009 8:37:38 pm PDT #841 of 30000

The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

flails

I finally got around to watching some of the special features on the Blu-Ray of The Nightmare Before Christmas. There's a tour of the Haunted Mansion with the NMBC make-over, and now I want to got to Disneyland again. RIGHT NOW.

erikaj - Apr 17, 2009 8:48:04 pm PDT #842 of 30000

Always Anti-fascist!

Kind of over Disneyland, but I'd love to go with you, Jilli.

§ ita § - Apr 17, 2009 9:01:42 pm PDT #843 of 30000

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I'm grabbing the miniseries of State of Play so I can have a look see before braving the cinema. I have a couple AMC passes I spend with little guilt.

Laga - Apr 17, 2009 9:32:09 pm PDT #844 of 30000

You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

because the original rocked and had ...and ...and James MacAvoy

oh that's why it's already in my Netflix queue.

Juliebird - Apr 18, 2009 1:32:33 am PDT #845 of 30000

I am the fly who dreams of the spider

Russell Crowe is pretty awesome and certainly holds the movie up.

That's all I needed to hear!

evil jimi - Apr 18, 2009 4:42:54 am PDT #846 of 30000

Lurching from one disaster to the next.

It can't be as bad as Robot Jox, can it?

I don't remember much about Robot Jox, except that it was pretty ordinary. How much of that is Haldeman's fault, and how much the director and various others, I don't know. Forever War is a brilliant novel, however, so if it's handled correctly, it has the potential to be a great movie. Haldeman won't be involved beyond being the original author.

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